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Calennig History
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CALENNIG, Wales' farthest-travelled musicians, are - alas - no more. All those years of travelling, jetsetting, driving though endless nights, researching and inspirational writing, weaving magic across Wales, England and the whole wide world, came to an end in 2001 when Mick Tems suffered a devastating stroke. Doctors and friends feared he would never walk or play the much-loved melodeon again - but in the space of nearly six years, Mick is back! Mick formed The Calennig Big Band, whose jazzy, infectiou...
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FolkWales
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Home of Llantrisant Folk Club and FOLKWALES ONLINE MAGAZINE, which is a new concept in media publishing; news, views, reviews, features, articles and comment, concentrating on Wales and the World. The essential, comprehensive ALL-WALES LISTINGS continues to be the winning folk/roots events website, with up-to-the-minute, detailed information displayed instantaneously. Please click on LISTINGS if you're going out tonight! Email (click) Mick Tems.
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THE MARI LWYD
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The Magic Of The Mari. Wel dyma ni'n diwad. I ofyn cawn gennad. THE MARI LWYD (in Welsh, Y Fari Lwyd) is one of the strangest and most ancient of a number of customs with which people in Glamorgan and Gwent used to mark the passing of the darkest days of midwinter. Customs involving animal skulls are widely known across the world. The Native Americans of Alaska use them, as do the Indonesian people of Java. and variations crop up at most points of the globe in between. The tradition of Y Fari Lwyd has ce...
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Archives
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The Mick Tems Archive of traditional arts material from South Wales will include songs, ballads, music, traditional drama and stories. This area of the website will be under construction for a considerable time. The first section of the archive to be made available covered traditional drama, including mummers' plays from Tenby, Gower, the Swansea Valley, Aberdare, Rhondda and Chepstow and animal head rituals from Gower, Llantrisant and Llangynwyd. Click the icons below to search the archives.
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COMMERCIAL SERVICES
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GrEW creative services is fast becoming the industries provider of choice for the third sector in Wales, helping businesses meet their CSR agendas. Our objectives are primarily social, with surpluses reinvested back into the business or local community through project based activity rather than being driven by maximising profits for shareholders and owners. Cleaning of communal areas in RCT Homes flats currently 343 areas on a weekly basis. GrEW operate a ‘real work experience, real jobs’ programme, this...
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Dr Price's Fire Band
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Twmpath: why we're kicking up the sawdust in Wales and the world! Meet Mike Greenwood (melodeon), Olly Price (fiddle) and Mick Tems (tabwrdd). The three are experienced musicians, playing Welsh dance tunes together at festivals in Fylde and Whitby (England), Tredegar House in Newport (South-East Wales), Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Finland and Latvia. If you want to book DR PRICE'S FIRE BAND for a barn dance, a twmpath, a festival, a wedding, birthday party or a knees-up, ring Olly on 01443 201634...